The Model Parameter Estimation Experiment (MOPEX): Its structure, connection to other international initiatives and future directions

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 307, 2006, Pages 339-346

  Wagener, Thorsten ^a   Hogue, Terri ^b   Schaake, John ^c   Duan, Qingyun ^d   Gupta, Hoshin ^e   Andreassian, Vazken ^f   Hall, Alan ^g   Leavesley, George ^h  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

^g Water Resources Application Project/GEWEX   (Australia)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

A priori; Calibration; Hydrological models; Parameters; Regionalization; Transferability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

HYDROCLIMATIC REGIMES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LAND SURFACE PARAMETERIZATION; MODEL PARAMETER ESTIMATION EXPERIMENT (MOPEX);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BASIN; CALIBRATION; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; PARAMETERIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845583945     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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